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Friday, June 16, 2017

It's the largest earthquake in Yellowstone National Park since 2014 as a swarm of 130 small quakes hits the area this week

USGS
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that an earthquake
of magnitude 4.5 occurred at 06:48 PM on June 15, 2017 (MDT).
The epicenter of the shock was located in Yellowstone National Park,
eight miles north-northeast of the town of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The earthquake was reported felt in the towns of West Yellowstone and
Gardiner, Montana, in Yellowstone National Park, and elsewhere in the
surrounding region.
Today's earthquake is part of an energetic sequence of earthquakes in the same area that began on June 12.
This sequence has included approximately thirty earthquakes of magnitude
2 and larger and four earthquakes of magnitude 3 and larger, including
today's magnitude 4.5 event.
Today's earthquake is the largest earthquake to occur in Yellowstone
National Park since March 30, 2014, when a magnitude 4.8 event occurred
18 miles to the east, near Norris Geyser Basin.